Applications Packager Contracts in the North West

Application Packager
England > North West

The median Application Packager daily rate in the North West is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 144 187
Rank change year-on-year +29 +43 -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.17% 0.036% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.039% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £323 - -
25th Percentile £338 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £414 £350
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% +18.29% -
75th Percentile £394 - -
90th Percentile £398 - -
England median daily rate £441 £501 £375
% change year-on-year -11.89% +33.47% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,189 2,586 3,752
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 92.16% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,808 2,776
10th Percentile £265 £270 £253
25th Percentile £389 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £656 £674 £656
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 180 169
10th Percentile £15.42 £15.98 £10.09
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +55.56% +25.00%
75th Percentile £51.91 £46.88 £52.70
90th Percentile £70.90 £63.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

Applications Packager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Applications Packager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Packager in the North West

Applications Packager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Packager in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Applications Packager in the North West

Applications Packager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Packager in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Packager in the North West

Applications Packager
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Packager within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +27 3 £363 -12.44%
Applications Packager
England

Applications Packager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Applications Packager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Applications Packager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) MSI
1 3 (75.00%) InstallShield
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) QA
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Batch Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (50.00%) AdminStudio
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (50.00%) VB
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging

Applications Packager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) InstallShield
1 3 (75.00%) MSI
2 2 (50.00%) AdminStudio
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Batch Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft